But keep your tongue from wagging." So saying, the stranger shouldered his bundle, and, taking the shepherd's crook in his hand, he left the hut and rejoined Philip.

"My dear boy," he said, "I must leave you now.

I shall creep into the town under cover of this disguise, safely enough, and be on board in half an hour.Farewell.I shall never forget your services to me, as you will be reminded some day, and from a quarter you least expect." With these words he shook the boy's hand and was lost in the mist.
Philip waited irresolutely for some minutes.

Then a plan came to him which, if successful, would make the humiliation of the Roundhead complete.

"Yes," he said "I'll do it;" and forthwith he urged his horse towards the town at a smart trot leading the other by the reins and talking loudly with its imaginary rider.